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Atmosphere and Weather Study Guide
A. difficult breathing
B. fever
C. skin cancer
D. nagging cough
3. Earth’s atmosphere did not originally contain ozone or oxygen. Where did these
gasses come from?
A. bad weather
B. ultraviolet rays
C. excessive heat
D. meteors and meteorites
5. Life on land did not develop on Earth in abundance until the sun’s radiation was
reduced. When did this happen?
A. carbon monoxide
B. nitrogen oxides
C. sulfur dioxide
D. particulates
7. Because of the expected shortages of electrical energy, the governor has proposed
building more coal-fired generating plants in Utah. Why do many people think this is a
poor idea?
8. Why do climatologists now accept the evidence that there is a hole in the ozone?
11. Does wind blow from an area of High pressure to low, or low to high?
12. In the northern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a high pressure
center and what is that called?
13. In the northern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a low pressure
center and what is that called?
14. In the southern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a high pressure
center?
15. In the southern hemisphere, what direction does the wind blow around a low pressure
center?
Define :
28. Convection
29. Conduction
30. Radiation
32. Precipitation
33. Evaporation
34. Condensation
35. Transpiration
36. percolation
37. Draw the water cycle and label the words above on your drawing:
Front (Define each front and write the symbol that is used on weather maps):
Clouds:
41. How do clouds form?
42. Why are some clouds formed from water droplets, while others are made up of
ice crystals?